Money till and cash register



Feb; 11, 1930. H. c. PRICE MONEY TILL AND CASH REGISTER Filed June 21, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet f/arcourf' C/arer/ce Pr/ce per Feb. 11, 1930. F E 1,746,715

MONEY TILL AND CASH REGISTER Filed June 21, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 0 Y 9 0 44 L: a 50 57 45 0 0 a l a Q Q 45 o o lrzvenf Harcourf C/aremce price W Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITE STATES PATENF? @FFECE HAIRCOUR'I CLARENCE PRICE, 0 CEATSVVOOD, NEAR SYDNE NEVJ' SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MQNEY TILL AND CASH REGISTER Application filed June 2-1, 152?, Serial E0. 200,363, and in Australia January 21, 1527.

This invention relates to improvements in tills and cash registers and is more particularly directed to means for identifying the actual money last paid in either by note or coin, or both in respect of each sale or transaction so that the operation of giving change is facilitated and in the event of a dispute arising between the purchaser and salesman, the actual amount placed in the till can be clearly seen on re-opening the till or drawer.

According to the invention, each of the compartments set apart for the receipt of paper money, is provided at its rear end or other convenient position with indicator capable of being operated by the act of lifting the weighted arm usually provided to hold the notes or paper money in their compartments, the last received note being always placed on top of the pile of notes already in the compartment.

In the case of coins, according to this inveiition, the coin or coins is or are, on receipt from the customer, placed on a shelf or shelves in the compartment or compartments provided for the respective denominations and are retained in view until the next succeeding sale is made.

In a preferred form of construction the weighted arm holding the paper money is provided with cams which engage pins or arms on a rocking shaft adapted to release the indicators, the latter being so interlocked that only the indicator of the last operated weighted lever is exposed, denoting the par ticular compartment in which the note was placed. If desired the use of this type of indicator may be extended to coins by providing suitable receptacles in which the coins may be stacked in the flat position so that the coins last introduced will always be found on top of the pile.

In cases where only two compartments are used for notes a single indicator placed in a position between the two compartments may be used. This may be so operated by means of the raising and lowering of either of the two weighted arms that it will point to the compartment wherein the lever was last operated thereby indicating the one wherein a note was last deposited. If desired, the act of raising the weighted lever may complete an electric circuit in which an indicator is connected so as to show the compartment in which the last received note was placed.

Alternatively, a single indicator, in the form of a dial may be provided capable of being operated by the act of raising or lowering any one of the weighted arms.

In the case of coins; for the purpose of retaining the coins temporarily in view, a shelf is provided within each compartment of the cash drawer. h shelf or let go may be automatically tipped so as to dislodge the coins which then fall into the general till, or the coins may be wiped from the shelf into the respective compartment or compartments, when the next transaction takes place. This may be accomplished by utilizing the movement of opening or shutting the drawer or of striking the keys of the cash register.

To enable the coins to be re-examined even after the drawer has closed the No sale key of the cash register may be arranged so that it will not connect with any device used for unseating the coin or coins from the shelf or shelves, or means may be installed by which the operation of the wiping device may be suspended when the drawer is opened.

In one form of construction a pivoted or hinged shelf in each coin partition may be tipped by rack and pinion gear operated by a sliding bolt having a rack at one end and a slotat the other, adapted to be engaged by a lever arm which depends from a saddle member through which a transverse shaft capable of being partially rotated by a pinion engaging another pinion on a shaft op -rated by the register mechanism.

But in order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings wherein one form of construction for indicating the last note or coin placed in the drawer of a cash register, is illustrated by way of example.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash re ister drawer partly open, showing in full lines a preferred form of indicating mecha nism incorporated therewith, and in dotted lines the body of the cash register.

Figure 2 is an end view of the drawer showing portion of the indicating mechanism for the coins, the body of the cash register and keys being shown dotted.

Figure 3 is a rear View of the drawer show-' ing portion of the indicating mechanism for the coins, the body of the cash register, the usual arrow levers and indicators being shown dotted. V

Figure 4 is a sectional View on the line 44 of Figure 1 showing part of the drawer and the hinged shelf upon which a coin or coins is or are placed on receipt from a customer.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a saddle member carried by the drawer and provided for operating the coin retaining shelves.

Figure 6 is an inverted plan view of a preferred form of mechanism for indicating the last note placed in the drawer as shown by the position of the indicator on the right of this figure.

Figure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of V Figure 1 showing in elevation one of the weighted arms, and in section the rocking shaft and the cover piece at the back of the note compartments.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view showing the relative positions of the cams. V

The drawer 10 is the usual cash register drawer and has coin compartments 11 and note compartments 12. The drawer is also mounted on the usual runners 13 in the body 14, of the register which is shown dotted in Figures 1, 2, and 3.

Each of the coin compartments 11 is provided with a shelf'15 and each of the note compartments 12 is provided with a weighted arm 16.

Each of the shelves 15 is hinged to a rear portion 17 which projects from a spindle '18 common to all of the shelves. The side edges of each shelf slide through pivots 19 which are mounted on the walls of the coin compartments. Brackets 20 are provided under the shelves to prevent the coins banking up against the underside of the shelf. Ledges 55 may also be provided for preventing the small coins from being thrown out when the shelf tips.

The spindle 18 from which the rear portions 17 of the shelves 15 project is provided at one end with a pinion 21 which engages a rack bar 22 mounted in the'side of the drawer behind the runner 13.

The rack bar 22 extends to the rear of the drawer 10 of the cash register where it engages a pinion 23. On the same shaft as the pinion 23 a smaller pinion 24 is mounted. This pinion 24 is engaged by a rack bolt 25 which is adapted to slide in bearings 26 and is provided with pins 27 whereby movement is imparted to a lever arm 28 depending from a saddle member 29 which is adapted to move with the drawer 10 of the cash register, owing to the depending lever arm 28 passing through a slotted member 30.

The saddle member 29 is provided with rollers 56 to allow free movement of the sad dle along a flat bar 31 extending longitudinally of the till parallel to the sides thereof which is pivoted to the frame of the cash register as by bearings 32, the rear one of which is shown in Figures 1 and 3 and has at its rear end a pinion 33 which meshes with a sim' ilar pinion 34 mounted On the rear end of a rocking shaft 35 also mounted in bearings 32 on the cash register and extending parallel to the bar 31. The rocking shaft 35 is provided with an arm 36 which is flexibly connected as by a coupling joint 37 to an arm 38 depending from a floating shaft 39, which extends from the shaft 40 extending transversely of the till to which the keys 41 of the cash register are usually attached, and is returned to its normal position by springs 42.

The weighted arms 16 are pivoted to brackets 43 secured to the under side of a cover piece 44 at the rear of the note compartments 12, as shown in inverted plan in Figure 6. A rocking shaft 45 is mounted in bearings 46 and is provided with a pin 47 and a detent 43 for each note compartment. A spring 57 retains the rocking shaft in its normal posi tion.

On each bracket- 43 an indicator 49 is pivoted, the indicators being normally withheld from view by springs 50.

The pins 47 engages cams-51 which are fixed to the rear of the weighted arms 16 and move therewith when the respective arms are raised. The cams 52 are loosely mountedtln the weighted arms and are coupled to their respective cams 51 by the engagement of a slot 53 on the cams 52 with a pin 54 on the fixed cams 51. V

In operation the coin or coins, on receipt from the customer is or are placed on a shelf or shelves in the compartment or compartments provided for the respective denominations. Similarly the notes are placed in their respective compartments after lifting the weighted arm 16 of the particular compartment in which it is desired to place the note. The drawer of the cash register'is now closed and if it is desired to determine the amount in coin and/or notes tendered as the result of the last sale, the No sale key is pressed to again open the drawer whereupon the coins will be seen on the shelves, and the indicator will denote the compartment in which the last note was placed.

On the next succeeding sale taking place a sales key is pressed with the resultthat the floating shaft 39 is pressed down by the key 41 and partially rotates the longitudinally extending rocking shaft 35 which in turn partially rotates the flat bar 31 by means of the pinions 34, 33. Owing to the partial rotation of the flat transverse bar 31 the lever arm 28 of the saddle member 29 slides the rack bolt 25 with the result that the pinion 24 is rotated, and the pinion 23 coupled therewith causes the rack bar 22 to impart motion to the pinion 21. This pinion 21 is on the end of the spindle 18 to which the rear portions 17 of shelves 15 are attached. On the spindle 18 rotating, the rear portion of the shelves is raised and the edges of the shelves are caused to slide through the pivots 19 until the shelves are in an inclined position and the coins slide off into the till.

In the case of notes, on raising a weighted arm to place a note in its respective compartment, the particular cam 51 engages its pin e? and partly rotates the rocking shaft 45 with the result that all of the detents 48 are removed from engagement with the indicators 49 which thereupon are withdrawn by their springs 50. At the same time the particular cam engages the respective indicator 19 and moves it into the exposed or indicating position.

On lowering the Weighted arm 16 the cam 51 moves first and allows the rocking shaft 15 and the detents 18 to return to their normal position. The cam 52 of the raised arm 16 after being delayed by its pin and slot connection with the cam 51 returns to its normal position out of engagement with the particular indicator 49. This indicator is however retained in the exposed or indicating position by engagement with the detent 18 as shown by the right hand detent in Figure 6. The said detent- 18 retains the indicator 419 in the exposed or indicating position until raised by the shaft 45 upon the next note being placed under one of the weighted arms 16.

It will thus be seen that when desired on pressing the No sale key the amount tendered by the last purchaser can be readily ascertained and any disputes settled.

I claim:

1. In money tills and cash registers hav ing a plurality of compartments for receiving notes or the like, mechanism adapted to determine the actual money in notes or the like last paid in comprising an indicating member associated with each compartment and a device associated with each compartment,each device being movable to permit access to its compartment and means actuated by each device to cause the indicating member of such compartment to be displayed.

2. In money tills and cash registers having a plurality of compartments for receiving notes or the like, mechanism adapted to determine the actual money in notes or the like last paid in comprising an indicating member associated with each compartment, a device associated with each compartment, each device being movable to permitaccess to its compartment and means actuated by each device to cause the indicating member of the compartment in which the note is placed to be displayed and to cause any indicating member which was last displayed in another compartment to be withdrawn from display.

3. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the actual money last paid in comprising in combination a rocking shaft, a plurality of sales keys, means actuated by said sales keys for operating said rocking shaft, a cash drawer having a plurality of compartments, coin retaining shelves in said coin compartments, and mechanism actuated by said rocking shaft upon operation of one of said sales keys for tipping the coin retaining shelves.

4:. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the money last paid in compirsing in combination, a longitudinally extending rocking shaft, a plurality of sales keys, means actuated by said sales keys for operating said rocking shaft, a cash drawor having a plurality of coin compartments therein, coin retaining shelves in said coin compartments, a rack bolt adapted to be operated by said rocking shaft, a rack bar adapted to be operated by said rack bolt and means connecting said rack bar to said coin retaining shelves whereby upon the operation of the rocking shaft the tipping of said coin retaining shelves will be effected.

5. In money tills and cash registers, mecl anism for determining the money last paid in comprising in combination, a longitudinally extending rocking shaft, a plurality of sales keys, means actuated by said sales keys for operating said rocking shaft, a longitudinal ly extending bar, pinions connecting the said rocking shaft with said bar, a rack bolt, means supported upon said bar for operatively connecting said bar to said rack bolt, a cash drawer having a plurality of compartments therein, coin retaining shelves in said compartments and means operated by said rack bolt to tip the coin retaining shelves.

6. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the money last paid in comprising in combination, a longitudinally extending rocking shaft, a plurality of sales keys, means actuated by said sales keys for operating said rocking shaft, a longitudinally extending bar, means operatively connecting said rocking shaft with said bar, a saddle member slidably mounted on said bar, a rack bolt adapted to be operated by said transverse bar, a rack bar, pinions operatively connecting said rack bolt with said rack bar, a cash drawer having a plurality of compartments therein, coin retaining shelves in said compartments and means operatively connecting said coin retaming shelves to said rack bar whereby said coin retaining shelves will be tipped upon the operation of said rack bar.

7. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the actual money last paid in, comprising in combination a cash drawer having a plurality of coin compartments therein, coin retaining shelves in said coin compartments, a spindle in operative relation with said coin retaining shelves, a pinion mounted in the side of the drawer in operative relation with said spindle, a racir bar mounted on the drawer in operative re-' lation with said pinion, a plurality of sales keys and means operated by said sales keys for actuating said rack bar to effect an operation of said pinion and a tipping of said coin retaining shelves.

8. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the actual money last paid in, comprising a longitudinally extending rocking shaft, a fiat longitudinally extending bar, a saddle member mounted tl ereon, pinions operati vely connecting said rocking shaft and said bar, a rack bolt on the rear of the till or drawer, a lever arm depending from the saddle member adapted'to operate said rack bolt, a pinion engaging said rack bolt, a rack bar, a second pinion adapted to be rotated by said first mentioned pinion to convey motion to said rack bar, a third pinion engaging the other end of the rack bar, a spindle mounted in said third pinion, a cash drawer having a plurality of compartments therein, hinged coin retaining shelves adapted to slide in pivots secured in the walls of said compartments and operatively connected to said spindle, means for preventing the coins banking up under the shelves and means for preventing the small coins from jumping off the shelves.

9. In money tills and cash registers, the combination of mechanism adapted to indicate the actual money last placed in the register in respect of each sale or transaction, comprising weighted arms hinged within the note compartments of the till or'drawer of the cash register, indicator mechanism for each compartment, and cam mechanism operated by the said weighted arms adapted to control said indicator mechanism.

10. In money tills and cash registers, the combination of mechanism adapted to indicate the actual money in notes last placed in the register in respect of each sale or transaction'comprising a Weighted arm Within each note compartment of the till or drawer of the cash register, a cam mounted on each arm, a rocking shaft having pins and detents, adapted to be operated by each cam, an indicator, and a cam loose on each of said arms but connected by pin and slot connection with the first mentioned arm, such cam being adapted to engage said indicator.

11. In money tills and cash registers, the combination of mechanism adapted to indi-' cate the actual money in notes last placed in he register, comprising a weighted lever Within said compartment, a rocking shaft common to each note compartment and having pins and detents in respect of each note compartment, cam means for operating said rocking shaft on raising the weighted lever and indicator means controlled by the detents for indicating the compartment in which the weighted lever was raised to place a note therein.

12. In money tills and cash registers, the combination of mechanism adapted to inclicate the actual money in notes last placed in the register, comprising a Weighted arm within each note compartment, a cam fixed thereon, a cam loose thereon and connected to the fixed cam by a pin and slot connection, a rocking shaft common to each note compartment, a rocking shaft pin engaged by said fixed cam and an indicator engaged by the loose cam, detents on the rocking shaft for engagement witn the indicators of the respective weighted arms, and springs for returning the indicators to their inoperative position when not engaged by their respective detents.

13. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the actual money last paid in, comprising coin retaining shelves disposed in each coin compartment of the drawer of the cash register, means for pivotally mounting such she ves adjacent their forward edges and means for raising the rear edges of said shelves by tilting said shelves about said pivots to discharge the coins over the forward edges of the shelves.

1%. In money tills and cash registers, mechanism for determining the actual money last paid in, comprising coin retaining shelves disposed in the compartments of the drawer of the cash register, pivots secured to the walls of the compartments of the till adjacentthe front edges of the shelves in which said' shelves are adapted to slide, a spindle extending transversely of the drawer of the cash register, means mounted on said spindle and pivotally connected to the rear end of said shelves and means for actuating said spindle for tipping said shelves about said pivots.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARCOURT CLARENCE PRICE. 

